October 2026
17
Saturday
Parabhava
Purattasi
31
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 30 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Valarpirai
Saptamitill 8.59 pm, then Ashtami
Pooradamtill 1.19 am (next day), then Uthiradam
Siddha Yogam

Fifth Purattasi Saturday

Rahu Kalammorning 10.42–12.02
Yamagandamafternoon 2.40–4.01
Kuligaimorning 8.03–9.23
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.04 am (next day): Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 12.02–1.21evening 6.39–8.19

Computed for Calgary, in Mountain time (MDT). Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Kuligai from its own sunrise; Gowri Nalla Neram from its sunrise and sunset. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 12.02 pm to 2.40 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 11.33 am.

This is Purattasi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Calgary, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.

The day at a glance

Gold marks good time, the solid bars mark times to avoid, and hatching marks a caution: denser while two cautions run together. Tap or drag across the chart to read any moment.

Good times

12.02–2.40 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.02–1.21 pm, inside the clear stretch
1.00–1.42 pm
4.01–6.39 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.03–9.23 am, what begins now is said to repeat
8.03–9.28 am
9.06–10.55 am
10.42 am–12.02 pm
2.40–4.01 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 8.04 am

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha Rasi.

Then

from 8.04 am, until Tuesday 7.31 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

is a time to go carefully: tradition advises waiting until it ends; many put off new ventures, long journeys and disputes.

Sun and Moon

Sunrise8.03 am
Sunset6.39 pm
Moonrise3.38 pm
Moonset10.47 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

, Perumal worship.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Calgary's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Calgary by modern astronomical calculation (Drik, Lahiri). A caution's start is rounded down and its end up; a good window's start up and its end down. Underlined words open their meaning.

The five limbs

LimbThis dayThen
Sani (Saturday)
Saptami, till 8.59 pm 32–17 nazhigaiAshtami
Pooradam, till 1.19 am (next day) 43–07 nazhigaiUthiradam
Atiganda Yogam, till 11.33 am caution 8–44 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 8.59 pm 32–17 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.17–7.09 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.03–9.23 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
8.03–9.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.06–10.55 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.42 am–12.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.00–1.42 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.40–4.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.55–9.42 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram8.03
Uthi19.23
Visham10.42
Amirtham12.02
Rogam1.21
Labam22.41
Dhanam4.01
Sugam5.20

Night

Labam6.39
Dhanam8.20
Sugam10.01
Soram11.41
Uthi1.22
Visham3.02
Amirtham4.44
Soram6.24

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham, Tyajyam and Atiganda Yogam; 2 Yamagandam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Sthira Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kanya8.03 am8.09 am
Tula8.09 am10.59 am
Vrischika10.59 am1.35 pm
Dhanu1.35 pm3.30 pm
Makara3.30 pm4.45 pm
Kumbha4.45 pm5.41 pm
Meena5.41 pm6.33 pm
Mesha6.33 pm7.38 pm
Vrishabha7.38 pm9.16 pm
Mithuna9.16 pm11.39 pm
Kataka11.39 pm2.26 am
Simha2.26 am5.16 am
Kanya5.16 am8.05 am

The rising sign (udaya lagnam) through the day, computed for Calgary.

Horai

Day

Sani8.03
Guru8.56
Sevvai9.49
Suriya10.42
Sukran11.35
Budhan12.28
Chandra1.21
Sani2.14
Guru3.07
Sevvai4.00
Suriya4.53
Sukran5.46

Night

Budhan6.39
Chandra7.46
Sani8.54
Guru10.01
Sevvai11.08
Suriya12.15
Sukran1.22
Budhan2.29
Chandra3.36
Sani4.43
Guru5.51
Sevvai6.58

Each horai begins at the time shown and runs to the next.

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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